The new regulatory council for social care will not only help to protect vulnerable clients but also raise standards and status of staff, writes Dick Clough. Author/s: Dick Clough For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Amanda Hepburn is fed up with the lack of respect shown to care workers by people who have no inkling of the complex skills the role demands. Author/s: Amanda Hepburn For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Dr John Tooth describes the difference training for all staff – from the gardener to the nurse in charge – has made to residential facilities in Tasmania. Author/s: John Tooth For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
When Jackie Allen started her RMN training, patients with dementia were nursed alongside others will all kinds of mental illness, in 80-bedded wards. In this first of two articles she looks back at the changes she has seen. Author/s: Jackie Allen For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...
Most social workers feel training prepares them hardly at all for working with people with dementia. Sally Knocker and Sue Heiser designed a new style of training course to fill this need. Author/s: Sally Knocker, Sue Heiser For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...
Traditional social work skills are not only inadequate for working with people with dementia, but some basic principles may be completely different, writes Margaret Anne Tibbs. Dementia-specific training is urgently needed, she argues. Author/s: Margaret Anne Tibbs For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...
Robbie Pennington was sacked for pointing out critical shortcomings in the design of the new dementia unit he was appointed to manage. An industrial tribunal has now ruled that he was wrongfully dismissed. Here he details the catalogue of appalling design that led him to speak out. Author/s: Robbie Pennington For the full article please…...
Amode Lado and Elizabeth Williams describe the development of an innovative multidisciplinary care course in Wales. Author/s: Amode Lado, Elizabeth Williams For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Trevor Adams suggests that mental health nursing is ageist, and asks, what can we do about it? Author/s: Trevor Adams For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
The Admiral Nurse Service, now to be extended nationwide, was established to offer practical and emotional support for families and others who provide care to people with dementia at home. Monica Greenwood and Kiri Walsh describe the three year project and its findings. Author/s: Monica Greenwood, Kiri Walsh For the full article please see the…...